Weird Problem w/ DecimalFormat

java-programmer, Weird Problem w/ DecimalFormat The following code snippet:

static DecimalFormat nf=new DecimalFormat("#####.00");
System.out.println(nf.format(1000.10));

sometimes stops working properly and instead of seeing 1000.10 I see 1000,10
(note the comma). I can't for the life of me figure out what is going on...
I'm using Java 1.3.1 on a Sun workstation.

Any ideas?

Cliff

java-programmer >> Weird Problem w/ DecimalFormat Cliff wrote:
> The following code snippet:
>
> static DecimalFormat nf=new DecimalFormat("#####.00");
> System.out.println(nf.format(1000.10));
>
> sometimes stops working properly

Sounds like it works as advertised.

> and instead of seeing 1000.10 I see 1000,10
> (note the comma). I can't for the life of me figure out what is going on...
> I'm using Java 1.3.1 on a Sun workstation.

Check the settings of your locale (LANG and LC_ environment variables,
etc.). Not everyone in the world uses the '.' as the decimal delimiter.

/Thomas

java-programmer >> Weird Problem w/ DecimalFormat
"Thomas Weidenfeller" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
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> Cliff wrote:
> > The following code snippet:
> >
> > static DecimalFormat nf=new DecimalFormat("#####.00");
> > System.out.println(nf.format(1000.10));
> >
> > sometimes stops working properly
>
> Sounds like it works as advertised.
>
> > and instead of seeing 1000.10 I see 1000,10
> > (note the comma). I can't for the life of me figure out what is going
on...
> > I'm using Java 1.3.1 on a Sun workstation.
>
> Check the settings of your locale (LANG and LC_ environment variables,
> etc.). Not everyone in the world uses the '.' as the decimal delimiter.

I think you need to define "sometimes". I would be very surprised if it
behaves this way intermittently in a consistent environment. Once you have
figured out the difference in environment you have the answer.

Often these kind of things work one way when you run it in the development
environment or when loggged on interactively, but a different way when you
install it in the services control panel (NT), or have it run as an rc
script (*x)

>
> /Thomas

java-programmer >> Weird Problem w/ DecimalFormat I may be totally off the mark here, but I believe that you need to adjust
your location settings in your operating system. You have your system
number format set to the European standard where they use a comma instead of
a period (ie: 1000,10 instead of 1000.10). That would explain the comma
coming up instead of the period.

Hope this helps,

Fred.

"Cliff" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
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> The following code snippet:
>
> static DecimalFormat nf=new DecimalFormat("#####.00");
> System.out.println(nf.format(1000.10));
>
> sometimes stops working properly and instead of seeing 1000.10 I see
1000,10
> (note the comma). I can't for the life of me figure out what is going
on...
> I'm using Java 1.3.1 on a Sun workstation.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cliff
>
>

java-programmer >> Weird Problem w/ DecimalFormat You may need to adjust the location settings of your operating system. It
sounds like you have your system set to the European standard where the
comma takes the place of the period.

Hope this helps,

Fred.

"Andy Fish" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Thomas Weidenfeller" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
> news:c7q002$fvf$email***@***.com...
> > Cliff wrote:
> > > The following code snippet:
> > >
> > > static DecimalFormat nf=new DecimalFormat("#####.00");
> > > System.out.println(nf.format(1000.10));
> > >
> > > sometimes stops working properly
> >
> > Sounds like it works as advertised.
> >
> > > and instead of seeing 1000.10 I see 1000,10
> > > (note the comma). I can't for the life of me figure out what is going
> on...
> > > I'm using Java 1.3.1 on a Sun workstation.
> >
> > Check the settings of your locale (LANG and LC_ environment variables,
> > etc.). Not everyone in the world uses the '.' as the decimal delimiter.
>
> I think you need to define "sometimes". I would be very surprised if it
> behaves this way intermittently in a consistent environment. Once you have
> figured out the difference in environment you have the answer.
>
> Often these kind of things work one way when you run it in the development
> environment or when loggged on interactively, but a different way when you
> install it in the services control panel (NT), or have it run as an rc
> script (*x)
>
>
>
> >
> > /Thomas
>
>

java-programmer >> Weird Problem w/ DecimalFormat On Mon, 10 May 2004 23:25:34 -0400, "Cliff" <email***@***.com> wrote
or quoted :

>sometimes stops working properly and instead of seeing 1000.10 I see 1000,10
>(note the comma). I can't for the life of me figure out what is going on...
>I'm using Java 1.3.1 on a Sun workstation.

Swedes like to use commas where we use dot. Use Wassup to find out
what you have selected for your international settings.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/wassup.html

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